- Richard Burton
Richard Burton CBE (November 10 1925 - August 5 1984) was a Welsh actor. He was at one time the highest-paid actor in Hollywood.. Known for his distinctive voice, he was nominated seven times for Academy Awards for acting, yet never won. - Katherine Jenkins
Katherine Jenkins (born 29 June 1980 in Neath, Wales) is an award-winning Welsh mezzo-soprano. Her first album "Premiere" made her the fastest selling soprano of all time and she later became the first British classical artist to have two number one albums in the same year. Jenkins has recorded several number one albums which feature arias, popular songs, … - Paul Potts
Paul Potts (born 1971 in Bristol, England), from Port Talbot in South Wales, is a singer who became the winner of the first series of ITV's "Britain's Got Talent", singing operatic arias and impressing the judges in all of his performances. At the time of his victory on "Britain's Got Talent", he had been working in The Carphone Warehouse, but following his win he has been signed by the show's judge Simon Cowell to record an album. - Gwenda Thomas
Gwenda Thomas AM (born in Neath, 1942) is the Labour National Assembly Member for Neath. Mrs Thomas was first elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 and re-elected in 2003, having almost doubled her majority. She is a fluent Welsh speaker. She is a member of the GMB Union. She was re-elected as Welsh Labour's Assembly Member for Neath on May 3rd 2007 for a third 4 year term in office, with a majority reduced from 4,946 to 1,944. - Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born 31 December 1937) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning film, stage and television actor. He was born and raised in Wales, but became an American citizen in 2000. - Hywel Francis
Dr David Hywel Francis FRSA (born June 6, 1946) is a Welsh politician and current member of Parliament. Francis, a Labour MP, has represented the constituency of Aberavon in Parliament since 2001. - Hugh Dalton
Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton PC, generally known as Hugh Dalton (26 August 1887 - 13 February 1962) was a British Labour Party politician, and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947. He was implicated in a political scandal involving budget leaks. He was born in Neath in Wales: his father, Canon John Neale Dalton was chaplain to Queen Victoria and tutor to King George V of the United Kingdom. - Max Boyce
Maxwell Boyce, MBE, (born 7 September 1945 in Glynneath) is a Welsh comedian, singer and former coal miner. He rose to fame in the United Kingdom during the mid-1970s with an act that combined musical comedy with his passion for rugby union and his origins in the mining communities of South Wales. Having sold more than two million albums in a career spanning four decades, and playing to full houses all around the world, … - Geoffrey Howe
Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, PC, QC (born 20 December 1926), known until 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, is a senior British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and finally Leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Prime Minister. - Mary Hopkin
Mary Hopkin (born May 3 1950) is a Welsh folk singer. - Ray Milland
Ray Milland (January 3, 1907 - March 10, 1986) was an Oscar-winning Welsh actor and director who worked primarily in the United States. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985. - Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler (real name Gaynor Hopkins born on June 8, 1951 in Skewen, Neath) is a pop/rock singer with a distinctive, powerful husky voice, with worldwide record sales in excess of 80 million - Andrew Vicari
Andrew Vicari (born 20 April 1938) is a Welsh painter working in France who has established a career painting portraits of the rich and famous. Despite being largely unknown in his own country, as of 2004 Vicari was Britain's richest living painter. Vicari was born in Port Talbot, Wales. He was evacuated to Aberdare during the second world war, where he resided at 5 Herbert Street. - George Thomas 1st Viscount Tonypandy
Thomas George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy, PC (29 January 1909 - 22 September 1997) was a British Labour politician and Speaker of the British House of Commons. - Rebecca Evans
Rebecca Evans is a Welsh soprano from the village of Pontrhydyfen near Neath. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and has performed regularly at the Welsh National Opera; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich. - Ivor Emmanuel
Ivor Emmanuel (born 1927 in Pontrhydyfen, Port Talbot) is an opera star who led the rendition of 'Men of Harlech' in the film 'Zulu'. When he was just 14 his father, mother, sister and grandfather were killed by a stray German bomb that hit their village. Ivor's Aunt Flossie took him in and he began working in the coal mine. He went on to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather by getting a job in the steelworks. - Barry Morgan
Dr Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales (born 1947), has been the leader of the Church in Wales since 2003. Archbishop Morgan was born in Neath, and studied at University College, London, and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1973 and became a parish priest and later a lecturer in theology. In 1993 he became Bishop of Bangor and in 1999 Bishop of Llandaff. He is Welsh-speaking, and has written books on various subjects, including the poetry of R. S. Thomas. - Peg Entwistle
Peg Entwistle was a Welsh-born stage actress, as well as brief Hollywood film actress, who achieved notoriety following her suicide. - Chris Needs
Christopher Needs MBE (born 12 March 1952) is a radio broadcaster, currently working with BBC Radio Wales. He has been broadcasting for several years, and started his radio career with the Touch AM radio station before moving on to co-present the mid-morning magazine show "Live Time" on Radio Wales while also appearing on S4C television. Since 2002 he has had his own show, broadcast every weeknight on Radio Wales between 22.00 and 1.00. - Dai Morris
David "Dai" Morris was a Welsh rugby union footballer, who won 34 caps for Wales in the years between 1967 and 1974, scoring six tries. His usual position was as a back-row forward, either at blind-side flanker or at Number 8, a position he occupied for both Wales and his club side, Neath RFC. During his time in the Wales team, Morris won three Five Nations Championships (one shared with France), including two Triple Crowns and one Grand Slam. - Claire Curtis-Thomas
Dr Claire Curtis-Thomas, previously Clare Curtis-Tansley (born April 30, 1958) is a British politician and engineer. She is the Labour Member of Parliament for Crosby. Born Claire Curtis-Tansley in Neath, she was educated at the Mynyddbach Comprehensive School for Girls, Swansea, and studied at University College, Cardiff where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, and at Aston University, … - Clive Jenkins
David Clive Jenkins (2 May 1926 - 22 September, 1999) was a British trade union leader. "Organising the middle classes", his stated recreation in "Who's Who", sums up both his sense of humour and his achievements in the British trade union movement. - R.H. Williams
Rhys Haydn Williams (14 July 1930 - 27 January 1993), born in Cwmllynfell, was a Welsh rugby union player who gained 23 caps for Wales as a lock. Rhys Williams (height 6'3", weight 16st 10lb) was educated at Ystalyfera Grammar School and Cardiff University College. He made his debut in club rugby for Llanelli at the age of nineteen, going on to captain the club in the 1957-58 season. After graduating he joined the R.A.F. as an Education Officer, … - Robert Gwilym
Robert Gwilym (born 2 December, 1956), sometimes known as "Bob Gwilym" is a Welsh actor. Robert Gwilym is from Neath in south Wales, where his family owned a clothes shop. His brother, Mike Gwilym, is also a successful actor. Robert Gwilym has appeared in "The Bill", "Ultimate Force", "Soldier Soldier", "Coronation Street", "London's Burning", … - Paul Rhys
Paul Rhys (December 19, 1963), is a Welsh actor, best known for his television work. Rhys was born in Neath, and studied at RADA. While there, he obtained his first major screen role, in "Absolute Beginners" (1986). The following year he appeared in the BBC serialisation of "My Family and Other Animals". Since then he has seldom been off UK television screens. In 1995, he portrayed Simon Templar (aka "The Saint") for a series of radio plays. - Clayton Blackmore
Clayton Graham Blackmore (born September 23, 1964 in Neath) was a Welsh football player. He was a combative player who excelled at full back or in defence but could play equally well in midfield or as an emergency forward. - Julie Gardner
Julie Gardner is a Welsh television producer who is currently both Controller of Drama Commissioning at BBC Television and Head of Drama for BBC Wales. Her most prominent work has been serving as executive producer on the 2005 revival of "Doctor Who". Gardner was born in Neath in June 1969, and grew up in Glynneath. She attended Neath Tertiary College and read English at the University of London. She initially worked as a teacher at GCSE and A-Level level, … - Ruth Bidgood
Ruth Bidgood (born 1922), is a Welsh poet. She was born at Seven Sisters, Neath Port Talbot and went to school in Port Talbot. After reading English at the University of Oxford, she worked as a coder with the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) in Alexandria and later worked for "Chambers Encyclopaedia" in London. She started writing after her return to Wales during the 1960s when she settled at Abergwesyn. - Harry Parr Davies
Harry Parr Davies (1914 - October 14 1955) was a Welsh composer and songwriter. He was born in Briton Ferry, South Wales, and was a musical prodigy, having composed whole operettas by the time he was in his teens. He came to the attention of composer Sir Walford Davies, who encouraged him in a classical music career. From 1934, he worked as accompanist for Gracie Fields. He wrote songs for Jack Buchanan and Anna Neagle among others. - Rachel Thomas
Rachel Thomas (February 10 1905 - February 8 1995), was a Welsh character actress, well-known to film and television audiences. Born in the village of Alltwen, near Neath, Wales, she appeared in such classic films as "The Proud Valley" (1940) with Paul Robeson, "Blue Scar" (1949) and "Tiger Bay" (1959). She almost always played the stereotypical Welsh mother (or grandmother in her later years) and appeared on both Welsh- and English-language television. - Cecil Griffiths
Cecil Redvers Griffiths (January 20, 1901 - July 29, 1945) was a British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Cecil Griffiths from Neath, Wales made his only appearance at the Olympic Games, while running the opening leg in the British 4x400 m relay team at the Antwerp Olympics in 1920, which won the gold medal. Griffiths won also the British AAA championships in 880 yd in 1923 and 1925. - Michael Bogdanov
Michael Bogdanov (born December 15, 1938), is an English theatre director. Since the 1970s, Michael Bogdanov has established himself as one of Britain's leading theatre directors, from new works to modern reinterpretations of Shakespeare. Born in London of Russian and Welsh parents, Bogdanov was educated at the John Lyon School in Harrow-on-the-Hill, England, at Trinity College, Dublin, and in Germany and France. - Martyn Margetson
Martyn Margetson (born 8 September 1971 in West Neath) is a former professional footballer currently working for Cardiff City as a goalkeeping coach. He has one full international cap playing for the Welsh national side in a friendly match. He joined Cardiff City in August 2002 on a free transfer from Huddersfield Town. Other previous clubs include Southend United, Luton Town, Bolton Wanderers, Bristol Rovers and Manchester City. - Bernard Fox
Bernard M. Fox (born 11 May, 1927) is a Welsh-born British film and television actor. - Geraint Griffiths
Geraint Griffiths (born 1949) is a Welsh singer songwriter and actor. He has worked mainly in the Welsh language. He was born in Pontrhydyfen, in the Afan Valley, Wales. He released several albums of his compositions on the Sain label. - Andrew Matthews-Owen
Andrew Matthews-Owen is a Welsh pianist and accompanist. He was born at Neath, South Wales. Matthews-Owen studied at the Royal Academy of Music. He is the winner of awards including the Sir Henry Richardson Award for Accompanists (awarded by Roger Vignoles), a Ryan Davies Trust Award, a John Ireland Trust Award and the Elisabeth Schumann Prize. He has also twice been the recipient of an S4C Wales Scholarship. - Steve Doyle
Stephen "Steve" Doyle (born June 2, 1958 in Neath, Wales) was a professional footballer who played for Preston North End, Huddersfield Town, Sunderland, Hull City & Rochdale. - Thomas Bamford
Thomas "Tommy" Bamford (born November 2, 1905 in Port Talbot, died 12 December 1967 in Wrexham) was a Welsh football player. Bamford, who was 5' 9", started his career with Wrexham A.F.C. in 1928. With 175 league goals (201 in all competitions) between 1928-34, he is the club's all-time record league goalscorer. In the 1933-34 season, he scored a club record 44 league goals (and 50 in total for the season), another record which still stands today. - Doris Mum
I am the mother of Miss Lianne Rosie aka Doris. I am also a teacher. I love her very much, but she causes me grief. - Kelly
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